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Employees' Trustee Act §17, 20, 21; Employment Contracts Act § 101-103
An employer who employs at least 30 employees shall inform and consult in at least the following circumstances pertaining to employees:
An employer shall provide information in a manner which enables to thoroughly examine the information and, if necessary, prepare for consultations with the employer. The employer shall provide information in writing or in a format which can be reproduced in writing, unless the parties have agreed otherwise.
In cases of collective dismissal, the employer shall consult in good time the trustee/shop steward or, in his or her absence, employees with the goal of reaching an agreement on the prevention of the planned dismissals or reduction of the number thereof and mitigation of the consequences of the dismissals, including contribution to the seeking of employment by or retraining of the employees to be laid off
Collective dismissals means termination, within 30 calendar days, of the employment contract of no less than:
An employer has additional responsibilities in such cases, and is obliged to furnish the appointed trustee/shop steward with:
The employer shall send a transcript of the information specified above to the Estonian Unemployment Insurance Fund (Töötukassa) concurrently with the submission of the information to the trustee/shop steward or, in his or her absence, the employees.
The appointed labour union representative (shop steward), an employee trustee or, in his or her absence, the employees have the right to present a written opinion or make a proposal concerning the information received from the employer or notify of the intention to commence consulting within 15 working days as of the receipt of the information. If the employer does not take the proposals into consideration, the reasons for this shall be given at the earliest opportunity in writing or in a format which can be reproduced in writing.
The employer shall commence consultation within seven working days as of the receipt of the request for consulting.
The employer shall explain in the consultation the activities planned and the consequences thereof for the employees. The parties shall seek to reach an agreement on the planned activity.
The labour union representative (a shop steward), the employee trustee or, in his or her absence, the employees may involve experts in the consultation.
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Eurofound (2015), Estonia: Staff information and consultation on restructuring plans, Restructuring legislation database, Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/legislationdb/staff-information-and-consultation-on-restructuring-plans/estonia
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